My morning visit to the garden was fruitful . . . literally! I filled up a five gallon bucket with beans, tomatoes, peppers . . . plus one zucchini and three cucumbers.
I know what I'll be doing tonight! That would be standing in a hot, steamy kitchen stuffing jars full of fresh, healthy goodness!
It's all good . . . the pantry is filling up. This winter . . . and next . . . we'll have tomato sauce, chili and pickles. Lots and LOTS of pickles.
WOOT!
Oh . . . speaking of peppers. I'm gonna have a bucket full of habaneros soon . . . yay!
The beans are coming on full force and I'm lovin' it! It's interesting. If I look at the bean plants all I see are leaves and vines. But if I happen to spot bean pods it's like a window opens up and all I see is bean pods everywhere dripping from every vine. They are the masters of camouflage
Today I picked another big batch of beans . . . literally pulling them off the plants by the fistful. And I have plants that haven't even started growing pods yet but lots of blossoms.
This is the first year I've grown beans and I have to say that its very rewarding. They are easy to grow and the really produce. We have a garden so we can stock our pantry and the bean plants are making an excellent contribution.
This week I managed to empty out my veggie drawer which was stuffed with tomatoes, cucumbers and beans by preserving them. I canned the tomatoes for sauce, made dilly beans, cucumber pickles and pickled peppers.
Today I filled it right back up again and that's not including the beans. Additionally, I filled a gallon sized baggy up with those. Time to whip out the canner again.
Besides the beans, I harvested a pile of tomatoes that were surprisingly unmolested, several cucumbers, a zucchini and one pea pod.
I go to the garden between 5 and 6 in the morning (I have to be to work at 8). The garden is at the point where I either have time to either pick veggies or weed. I'd rather have weeds than a garden full of rotting vegetables. However, I try to pull as many of the most obnoxious ones as I can.
Gardening rocks!
My morning visit to the garden was fruitful . . . literally! I filled up a five gallon bucket with beans, tomatoes, peppers . . . plus one zucchini and three cucumbers.
